Children go hungry as poverty bites deep – Cape Times

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Name of publication: Cape Times

Name of journalist: Kerry Cullinan

Date: 1 June 2011

Country: South Africa

Theme: Unemployment, HIV and health

Skill: Fairness

Genre: News

GEM classification: Gender aware

Despite government efforts to improve the living conditions of children, particularly through social grants, almost two thirds are living in poverty. This is according to the research released recently by the SA Human Rights Commission and UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) based mainly on the 2009 Annual General Household Survey.